Tomtom caravan sat nav

Gwyneth

Is your current sat nav a Tom Tom? I have a fairly standard TomTom Start 60 with Camper Maps added and I find that pretty reliable. There is always the caveat with sat navs in that you do have to review the route rather than blindly following what it says. I don't think TomTom do a dedicated caravan sat nav now? However they do a Truck sat nav which always several choices of vehicle, from car to HGV, and you can enter the outfit dimensions which looks useful.

David

 We have the Garmin camper sat nav ,and we thought that even with our car and caravan dimensions installed it was taking us down some "hairy" roads but they all turned out to be bus routes,even had a bus back up for us on one journey

Why do you think that a SatNav knows how wide the road is?

Our Sat Nav is a Garmin which is mostly reliable, especially getting into/out of towns, but the best Sat Nav is the one sat by my side with an AA road map open on her lap when we have the van and she throws in the occasional comment like "ignore that last comment and keep on the main road" 

I would think if it was a route for large vehicles maybe the clue is there?

Often I suspect tha tit has no idea as the data is not good enough

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I think the word c/van is more a marketing ploy as they are basically the HGV versions,as when our Garmin is in c/van mode it will "ping" to alert of aproaching sharper bends/hill up and down and numerous other "hazards" that for an HGV would be helpfull 

We have the tom tom caravan and camper great piece of kit when you first set it up it will asked for the width height  and length of your out fit and yes it does know what roads have restrictions, it also comes with live updates and speed camera alert, not cheap but you can also add C&Mh club sites to the hundreds of sites already installed ,we have been using ours for 4 years now traveling 12000 miles a year visiting 10 or 12 sites a year never put a foot wrong.5 star rating 

You have hit the nail on the head so to speak.

The only restrictions a SatNav is programed with are the statutory signed ones such as low bridges, width and weight restrictions. Apart from those your inputted choice or preference of road types is taken into account.